OS X: Most Mac users know that Pixelmator is pretty much the best Photoshop alternative you can get. At less than $30, you'd pay more to use Photoshop for a month. That said, Pixelmator always lacked a few flagship features of Adobe's behemoth—at least, until now.

Android: Aviate is an intelligent home screen replacement that's designed to show you relevant information depending on where you are or the time of day. It categorizes your apps so they're organized, proactively shows you relevant information so you don't have to look for it, and it looks great in the process.

Whether you love to cook or you just love to eat, odds are you have a collection of dishes and recipes you'd like to try. Maybe you have a bunch handed down from a loved one. In either case, you probably need a better method to keep them organized for the long haul than a bunch of index cards in a file folder. Here are some of the best apps for you, depending on the kind of recipe collection you have.

Android: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a great tool for removing trojans, worms, and other malware from your Windows computer, but now it's made the jump to Android. It still offers robust malware protection, but it goes further to protect your privacy from apps with overreaching permissions or other vulnerabilities.

iOS/Android: There are a lot of great alternate texting apps out there, but many of them are only useful if all your friends use them too. If you have a lot of BlackBerry-using friends, you can now BBM them with the free BlackBerry Messenger app for iOS.

If you're looking for a smarter, more organized, and just all-around better way to manage your pile of contacts, Contacts+ for Android is your best option. It brings a number of features to the table that don't just give you a way to quickly get in touch with people, but actually help you keep up with them.

iOS: Good luck not finding a Twitter client for iOS 7. You have so many choices, you'd think developers would have no ground left to cover. Tweet7 found a new niche, however, by making a remarkably simple option designed for iOS 7.

Android (Rooted): The default sound control options in Android leave a bit to be desired, and don't let you discretely adjust notifications, calls, media, or even choose which notification sounds play when. Ultimate Sound Control changes all of that, and does what its name implies.

TweetBot, our favorite Twitter client for iPhone, just got a major update. It adds native push notifications, complex filters, supports for all kinds of services, and much more. The downside? It costs $3 to upgrade.